So What is "The Butterflies of Memory"?

Butterflies of Memory is a temporary public sculpture on the site of the collapsed Smallpox Hospital Ruins on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan. Seventeen giant yellow butterflies, each ten feet in diameter, will fly between 18 and 36 feet above the Ruins, visually carrying off the building. Installed in the summer of 2012, "Butterflies of Memory" will be viewable from Roosevelt Island, the Midtown Waterfront and the FDR highway, thus bringing an image of inspiration and beauty to over two million New Yorkers.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Butterflies of Memory

In the summer of 2012, artist Kathleen Griffin will mount The Butterflies of Memory at the site of the abandoned Smallpox Hospital, located on the south end of Roosevelt Island in the East River. Using steel cables, she will "fly" butterflies with ten-foot wingspans over the historic site, creating an image of joy and hope for all of New York to enjoy.

In other words, she'll transform this:

The Smallpox Hospital at Roosevelt Island.
into THIS:

Computer rendering of The Butterflies of Memory
Image © Kathleen Griffin/The Butterflies of Memory
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